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ARTICLE I. The Student SenateSECTION 101The Student Senate shall be composed of the Chair, 50 student senators, an advisor, andthe Executive Cabinet of Associated Student Government101.A.
The Chair of the Student Senate shall be the President of the Student Senate of Associated Student Government
.101.B.
There shall be twenty-five on-campus Senate seats.1.
 
Twenty-one students shall be elected by the students living in their halls, excludingdesignated sorority halls.2.
 
Three students shall be elected by undergraduate students living in designated SororityHalls.3.
 
One student shall be a resident advisor selected by the Office of Residence Life (the RAcouncil).
101.C.
There shall be twenty-four off-campus Senate seats.1.
 
Twenty-four students shall be elected by undergraduate students living off campusexcluding those living in fraternity houses.2.
 
Off-campus senators will be appointed to represent districts as determined by theSecretary for Off-Campus Affairs and the Chair of the Student-Community RelationsCommittee (SCRC).3.
 
Three students shall be fraternity members living in fraternity houses and shall representstudents living in fraternity houses.
101.D.
There shall be one commuter Senate seat. The Organization of Commuting Studentsshall determine the manner of electing these representatives.
101.E.
The President of the Student Senate has the authority to reapportion and redistrictaccording to shifts in population when the Student Senate is not in session.
101.F.
The advisor shall be from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
101.G.
The members of the Executive Cabinet of Associated Student Government shall be ex-officio, nonvoting members of the Student Senate.
 
101.H.
The two students selected to serve as nonvoting members of the Board of Trustees shallbe nonvoting members of Student Senate, and shall be required to attend the weekly meetingsof the Student Senate.
101.I.
The powers and privileges of the Advisor shall be to advise Student Senate as needed.
SECTION 102The Powers and Duties of the President of the Student Senate102.A.
To preside over the Student Senate and vote only in the event of a tie.
102.B.
To call the Student Senate into special session.
102.C.
To place, as soon as possible, all appropriate proposals passed by the Student Senateon the agenda of either Student Affairs Council (SAC) or University Senate and act as theliaison for Associated Student Government in all legislative matters.
102.D.
To sit as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of any council, committee, or board of StudentSenate.
102.E.
To sit as a member of the University Senate.
102.F.
To appoint a parliamentarian with two-thirds consent of the Student Senate.
102.G.
The President of the Student Senate shall act as the legislative liaison between cabinetand senate.
102.H.
To conduct multiple training sessions for Student Senators at the beginning of the firstsemester and Student Senators-elect before the end of second semester.
102.I.
To appoint members to the standing Senate and Cabinet committees with the majorityconsent of the senate.
102.J.
To sit on the Elections Committee.
102.K.
The President of the Student Senate shall be paid according to the formula outlined inArticle II, Section .217 using as a base the 2007 salary of $2,634.
SECTION 103The power and duties of the President Pro Tempore, beyond these required of him/her asan elected representative of the Student Senate, shall be:103.A.
To chair the Oversight Committee and vote only in the event of a tie.
 
103.B.
In the absence of the President of the Student Senate, or in the event that the Presidentof the Student Senate wishes to speak from the floor, to serve as Chair of Student Senate.
103.C.
To sit as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of all Senate committees.
SECTION 104Student Senate shall:104.A.
Approve, by a majority vote, and regulate the standards of recognition for studentorganizations.
104.B.
Approve a projected budget of Associated Student Government, as submitted by theAssociated Student Government Treasurer (see the appropriate section of the AssociatedStudent Government Bylaws), to enact the budget of Campus Activities Council (hereafter referred to as “CAC”) and the Residence Hall Association (hereafter referred to as “RHA”), andto approve funding authorizations for the summer.
104.C.
Approve any further allocations of the general budget.
104.D.
Approve all Student Organization Funding.
104.E.
Have the sole power of impeachment of any officer or justice of Associated StudentGovernment.
104.F.
Elect, by the third Senate meeting, two Student Senators to sit as voting members of theExecutive Council.
104.G
. Elect, by the second meeting following spring break, the President of the Student Senatefor the following academic year.
SECTION 105The Powers and Duties of the Student Senators, in addition to those set by the districtthat they represent, shall be:105.A
. To attend a training session to be conducted by the President of the Senate.
105.B.
To attend all regularly scheduled and called meetings of the Student Senate, to vote onall initiatives, bills, budgets or proposals before the body, and to draft appropriate legislation asthe member shall deem necessary.
105.C
. To hold, for at least one hour a week, regularly scheduled office hours in the ASG officeas assigned by the President of the Senate.
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